Film Review-Barfi:Gives you Weep Therapy

(*Spolier Alert)

Finally under peer pressure I went to watch Barfi last night. I was avoiding it after I got to know that the movie is highly plagiarized and in some cases scenes were lifted from the original movie as it is. Too much for the inspiration I must say!

Frist the good things about movie: All the actors did whatever director told them convincingly. If not for the acting the movie would have been disaster. So a big thumbs up to actors. Movie also fares good on production values: From Cinematography to Editing to Music. Beautiful landscape of Kolkata and Darjeeling makes you feel cozy, the sleek editing makes sure you are not distracted and the melodious music draws you in to forget everything else.

*But even after all this Barfi didn’t win my heart…Surprised. Let me tell you Why. The story was disappointing to say least. Nothing made sense to me. I understand cinematic liberties to tell story but how come a Deaf/Mute Kidnapper manages to stay and found a job in Kolkata which is hardly 300 miles from the scene of kidnapping that too with the Autistic girl he kidnapped. Remember in one scene our Protagonist finds a newspaper with news of kidnapping of Rich Autistic Gal. Regarding the love story of movie…it was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with special able people in lead role :O Barfi settles down with Jhilmil because she passes his test of Dosti…so Pyaar Dosti hai. In this case also our sane mind Barfi doesn’t take Autism of Jhilmil into consideration before taking the test. The whole movie reel is filled of tear jerking moments to make sure we cry our gut out and forget to keep track of story which nevertheless meanders directionless here and there. When we are done with crying we suddenly realize that movie is tad too long. I am not going to talk about plagiarism thing as it is already in public domain.

Barfi works well only because of our guilt feeling. It is perfect catharsis for We the Mean People who have lost all the innocence and the only pleasure we derive now is materialistic. So If its long you cried your heart out then go and watch Barfi. Do keep a handkerchief with you as you don’t want to get caught all teary eyes when lights turn on during interval.